For this post I’m exploring the leadership theory of
relational leadership which is a five part model that consists of Purposeful, Inclusive,
Empowering, Ethical, Process oriented. I’ll be examining it by looking at a
move film clip and relating the main components of the relational leadership theory
to it.
The film that I picked to examine is a clip from the 2009
movie invictus starting Morgan freeman playing nelson Mandela the current
president of south Africa and matt Damon how is playing François Pienaar the
captain of the national rugby team. In the clip we see the first introduction
of the two men and get an insight into the two men’s views of leadership. Both men are driven and through the movie they have a combined
goal of not only winning the 1995 rugby world cup but of uniting a nation that
has been torn apart by decades or racial segregation and classism. Playing off of this theme of uniting the nation and the
mixed black and white rugby team we can see that both of their leadership
styles revolve around Inclusivism as the main point of the move is to unit a divided
nation As the seen goes on nelson Mandela asks François Pienaar
what his views of leadership are he replies that leadership should be by example
that if you want people to believe that they can achieve it you yourself must demonstrate
it to me this speaks highly of organizational empowerment because the leader
sets the example for his team and expects them to raise to that standard and
meet the challenge.Ethical leadership is a slightly more obscure trait to distinguish
from the clip but I believe that it can be seen in the fact that François
Pienaar believes in leading by example this requires a large amount of transparency
if his actions weren’t also in turn ethical I doubt that his team would fallow
him.Finally we see the overarching trait of progress achievement
as the team and nation come together as a whole putting aside their racial
differences to reach the vision that nelson Mandela and François Pienaar first
had in that room of uniting the nation.
Good pick, Invictus is a great movie. I thought that Nelson Mandela was played really well by Morgan Freeman. Mandela's speech definitely empowers Damon's character, and plays to the ethical aspect as well.
ReplyDeleteGreat movie pick! I think the majority of sports movies are really great example of the model. Invictus especially as a true telling of events during the time of apartheid is really well done and the story is incredible. The inclusivity especially is a huge part of it because of apartheid in the country.
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